from lifehacker: proofread to help project gutenberg. I heart project gutenberg, and I heart proof read books.

here's a great response to the "why didn't they just walk" crowd. Some of them did, and were chased back into NOLA with guns. And by great, I mean HORRIFYING.

[ An eyewitness report by two paramedics trapped in New Orleans while attending a conference. ]
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salon.com opinion piece on poverty and looting in NOLA.

Left out in the coldThe deplorable looting in New Orleans is a symptom of long-standing U.S. poverty that has worsened under Bush's watch ( Read more... )

This is a great blurb from salon.comJohn Roberts and the "G" word ( Read more... )

here's a neat article ( Read more... )

my note to organic style. It's so easy to write a minitirade and hit "send." doubt it'll end up in the letters section, probably b/c it's so late in the month ( Read more... )

what's nice is even though I read all about this filibustering disaster scene at salon.com (I love the filibuster, I can't believe they're talking about getting rid of it. who needs two house of representatives? The senate is SUPPOSED to be weird and more equal ( Read more... )

a gem from salon.com's "the fix""Ron Wood on the Rolling Stones' most "Spinal Tap" moment: "We were doing drugs in the dressing room [at a concert in the early '80s]. Suddenly the tour manager stuck his head around the door and said, 'The police are here!' We all panicked and threw our drugs in the toilet. Then Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart ( Read more... )

I love how the spamusement guy loves cupcakes.

http://spamusement.com/view.php?id=145
http://spamusement.com/view.php?id=151

anyone live near fridley MN? if so, please go to these open houses and check out the newest concept in personal rapid transit for me!

http://www.skywebexpress.com/news/news-openhouse.shtml